Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-11
prescribed for the sale Of the unTatered
aOrfculfnraI md M sfi1ra lands.

plesCIlDtu IOr Tue safe Oh Tie uuTnscicu
agricultural and pasture lands:
Any person who is twenty-one yesTs Of
age and who desires to secure home
stead in the state Of Texas, is authorized
to enter upon and purchase any unsoid
and unwstered portion of the school, uni
versity or asylum lands Of the stste Of
Texas, not to exceed $40 acres, ct the
minimum price fixed by law for such land
(s2 per acre., subject to the following
regulations:
l. The unTatered agricultural and
pasture lands can only DE fled upon or
sold in tracts Of 100, 800, 480 and $40
acres each, except in cases of irregular
and fragmentsry sections or ubdivisions
thereof, in which cases no remnant of
less than 100 acres shall be left, but must
be purchased by the applicant. The
transfer of the claim or interest Of the
tirst purchaser u any of said land shall
not be made until after such purchaser
shall have actually settled in person upon
the land, improved it ana made it his
home.
>. Any person desiring to secure such
homestead or any # said lands, which
may be leased or unsold, shall at the
time he or she has made selection, file
with the county or district surveyor, or
other agent Of the state for the territory
IN which such land is situated, written
description of such lani, giving the name
and number Of certificate by virtue of
which it was originally surveyed, the
numoer OF survey, number of block
county, and approximate distance from
county seat If dr-aniZed, or from geo.
graphical center Of the county if uuor-
gin'z2d, with specific description of the
land and natural products.
>. The applicant shall ct the same time
make and subscribe the following oath
before some officer in the county, laud or
judicial district, authorized to administer
osths, to-wit:
l, --, do sOlemnly swear that |
desire the land for = hich | have this day
made my application Cor : homestead for
myself that | will within ninety days be-
come an actual settler and resident upon
the said land, and will continue TO reside
upon and improve the same fer the period
OF three consecutive years; that during
the said time | will not sal the same 10
any other person except 10 such person
IS will continue to reside upon snd i'm
prove the same as 4 homestead; that l
am rot acquiring the same in trust for,
or fer the use and benefit of any other
person, and have not directly or indi
rectlg made any agreement or contract
with any person UnomSo6ver by which
| the title, claim or right so acquired
| from the state shall inure in
whole or in part, by lease or purchase,
or IL any other manner Whatever, to
| the benefit of any other person, firm
or corpc ratiesyit being understood that
no transfer OF my interest IN said Lard is
allowed until after nave gcgnslly settled
upon the lane, fand improYfd it as py
hosts;;$tkatstam TWEEN 8seae years Of age.
It is apaersteod and agreed that | am to
pay to the ssstessf Texas, ou9the first Gay
of January of each yesr, oaet hirtietd Of
the value of the SAID 1aod, with per
cent. interest on the unpaid principal;
that any installment OF principal, except
the first. may be deferred until the eX-
piration OF thirty years, but that the
whole of the purchase money shall be
paid within thirty years, and that the
interest due will bepaid on or before the
first day of August of each year; that my
classification OF the said land as to water
and timber is true. It is further under
stood that ally violation of any of the pro-
visions of the law, or any violation of the
rules and regulations of the State Land
Board prescribing the manner of purchss-
ing said lands, or g failure to settle upon
and improve the laid within ninety days
from the date of award 10y the board, or
any failure to make any Of the payments
required by law or said regulations, shall
work forfeiture of all money paid on,
and ali claims to, the said land without
judicial proceedings. 1t being also gun
derstood and agreed that the object of
the sale to me is for the purpose Of secur-
ing q bona tide set Ter on the land; and it
is further understood that, after the ex-
piraJion of said three years of actual resi-
dence. l shall have the right, under such
regulations as may be prescribed By law,
to pay the whole amount of principal and
interest due the state for SAID land, and
procure patent therefor.
I. 1t shall be the duty of the survs yor
or other agent OF the state to register the
description above named. in q book
10 be kept for that purpose,
and indorse thereon such registry,
date, and sign the same. sHd re-
turn it to applicant, who shall Immediate
Iy forward the application, with the above
prescribed oath and onethirtleth OF the
value Of the land, TO the Secretary of the
State Land Board st Austin, Tex, giving
to the said Secretary his pOstoffice ad-
dress; and any failure to so file said ap-
plicatlon, with the payment, in the office
of the Secretary Of the State Land Board
within fifteen days from Gate Of Ttgistra-
tor, by the officer required to register the
same, shall render said file null and void,
and the land so filed uGOn shall be subject
to sSle to other applicants. For such
registry the surveyor shall be authorized to
receive or collect from the applicant q fee
of 81. The surveyor or other agent shall
also forward to the Secretary = the State
Lad Board, at Austin, on MONDAY o.
each week, 8 statement showing
names Ct the applicants who have fled
applications IN his office to purchase any
school, Universe = or Asylum lands dur
ing the preceding week, giving date of
file and description Of land BLANKS
will be furnished for this purpose by the
State Land Board)
.. As soon as such payment, with the
above named papers in proper form, has
been received by SAID Secretary, he shall
issue his receipt for such payment, and
Immediately forward it with application
and oath to the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office who viii file the same as
archives in his office, and forward to the
applicant, at the postof1ice address given
by him, his certificate of such payment,
and said land will be regarded as sold
until such time as forfeiture may be de-
clared by the State Land Board, or such
other tribunal as may be prescribed by
law.
6. That until otherwise provided, the
board will, in case of contest or conflict
between actual settlers upon the same
section, decide such contest according to
the equities of the case as presented.
f. r LUBBOCK,
Acting Chairman of State LAID Board.